25 Interesting Statistics About Gastroenterology in Surgery Centers

Here are 25 interesting statistics about gastroenterology and GI practices in surgery centers.

1. Gastroenterology was the most common specialty of single-specialty surgery centers in 2008, representing 28 percent of all ASCs.

2. GI practices in multi-specialty centers performed the highest number of procedures annually with an average of 3,710. In single-specialty centers, this number was higher, with an average of 5,379 cases annually.

3. More than one-third of multi-specialty surgery centers offer GI services, which is up 26 percentage points from 2000. It is the third highest at 37 percent, behind plastics and ophthalmology.

4. Gastroenterology represents the highest volume of total procedures in ASCs at 42 percent. Ophthalmology is second at 16 percent.

5. The average net revenue per case for gastroenterology is $780, with the highest average revenue in the Southwest ($869/case) and the lowest in the Southeast ($616/case).

6. The average net revenue per case changes with the number of operating room in a center. The average net revenue per case by number of operating rooms is as follows:

1-2 ORs: $630

3-4 ORs: $740

More than 4 ORs: $798

7. The average net revenue per case changes with the number of cases that a center performs in a year. The average net revenue per case by number of cases is as follows:

Less than 3,000: $790

3,000-5,999: $835

More than 5,999: $758

8. The average net revenue per case changes with the total net revenue of the surgery center. The average net revenue per case by total net revenue of the surgery center is as follows:

Less than $4.5 million: $683

$4.5-$7 million: $724

More than $7 million: $870

9. GI procedures hold the highest percent of the total case mix in the Midwest (34 percent) and the lowest in the Southwest (24 percent).

Medicare charges and payments Here is the average 2007 Medicare sub charge (submitted charges divided by allowed services), average allow charge (Medicare-allowed charges divided by allowed services, including co-pays and deductibles paid by patient), and average payment (Medicare payments divided by allowed services, not including co-pays and deductibles paid by patient) for common upper- and lower-GI procedures commonly performed in ASCs.